WATCH: What to Watch in Rio
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RIO DE JANEIRO (WOLO) — Good Morning Columbia has a rundown on what to watch in Rio today.
Women’s Gymnastics
Eight teams have qualified for Tuesday’s team final. The U.S. is expected to repeat the gold it wont two summers ago in London, especially after dominating at Sunday’s preliminaries. They scored ten points ahead of second-place China.
Here’s a look at the team finals line-up:
- Vault: Laurie Hernandez, Aly Raisman and Simone Biles
- Uneven bars: Biles, Gabby Douglas and Madison Kocian
- Balance beam: Raisman, Hernandez, Biles
- Floor exercise: Hernandez, Raisman, Biles
Swimming
Michael Phelps is looking for revenge to take back the gold in Tuesday night’s 200 meter butterfly. It’s a rematch in Rio between Phelps and Chad le Clos. The South African swimmer edged out Phelps in the 2012 London games. Phelps will also be part of the 4×200 freestyle relay on Tuesday, a race the Americans have won at the last three Olympics.
Katie Ledecky has become one to watch in the pool. She’ll be going for her third medal in the games when she competes in the 200 meter freestyle Tuesday. Ledecky not only took home the gold in the women’s 400 meter freestyle, she did it in world record time. She won with a time of three minutes, 56.46 seconds. She also helped Team U.S.A take home the silver medal in the women’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay.
Taking a look at the medal count, the red, white and blue is bringing home the most gold, silver and bronze.
The United States holds the lead with 19 medals, five of which are gold.
They’re tied with China for the most gold medals. Rounding out the top five countries with the most medals are Japan, Russia and Italy.
